Palimos ng Pag-ibig (TV series)

infobox Television


show_name = Sineserye Presents:
Palimos ng Pag-ibig


caption =
format = Soap opera
runtime = 30 Minutes
creator = ABS-CBN Entertainment Dept.
director = Wenn Deramas and
Andoy Ranay
executive_producer =
starring = Kristine Hermosa
Diether Ocampo
Rica Peralejo
country = flagicon|Philippines Philippines
network = ABS-CBN
first_aired = March 5, 2007
last_aired =
April 20, 2007
num_episodes = 33 Episodes
list_episodes =
theme_music_composer =
opentheme =
endtheme = "Hiram", by Zsa Zsa Padilla
followed_by = Hiram na Mukha
website = http://beta.abs-cbn.com/tabid/71/xmmid/387/Article/3482/program/sineserye/xmview/2/Default.aspx
imdb_id = 0989539
tv_com_id =

"Palimos ng Pag-ibig" (Filipino: "Begging for Love") was a movie in 1985 and turned into a TV series in 2007 for the first installment of Sineserye Presents. This was from the original story by Nerissa Cabral.This movie was home of the famous tagline: "Para kang karenderiang bukas sa lahat ng gustong kumain!"" ("You're like a restaurant that's open to anyone who wants to eat!"), In context of prostitution reference.

Komiks origin

"Palimos ng Pag-ibig" was first serialized in Komiks before it was translated in the big screen. Nerissa Cabral was the creator and writer of the story.

Original film plot

On the outside, Fina and Rodel's marriage is a match made in heaven; but behind the thick walls of what they call home, their relationship is on the verge of crumbling. For all their affluence, the couple's lives remains empty. Devoid of a child to call their own, any attempts they make to conceive may prove fatal to Fina (Santos) due to her medical condition. In an act of despiration, Rodel(Manzano) takes matters into his own hands and seeks the services of a surrogate, Ditas. The plan goes awry when Rodel becomes genuinely attracted to the younger and more alluring Ditas(Bonavie); while Ditas, whose lived a destitute life, finds the notion of prosperity equally irresistable. The well-intetioned plan to resuscitate life back into a dying marriage may become its undoing.

TV series

Plot

In this dog-eat-dog world, you either have to stand up and carve a living for yourself or risk getting trampled by others in the rat race called life. This is the dilemma Ditas (Kristine Hermosa) has faced each and every day of her life. Born to a destitute family, Ditas has resigned her self to the fact that her life will be a struggle; but, still having the strong resolve to make it in life, no matter what. As such, Ditas won't let her lowly stature in life hamper dreams of a promising future. She makes a living by selling her babies to the highest bidder, a lucrative job that was problem-free until a well-to-do couple approached her one day and changed the rules of the game.

The picture-perfect couple Rodel (Diether Ocampo) and Fina (Rica Peralejo) are young, good-looking, rich. The couple couldn't wish for anything more since they simingly have everything anyone could ever want. With one exception. Both Rodel and Fina are eager to start a family; unfortunately for them, it's an impossibility as Fina's medical condition prohibits her from bearing children. When they hear rumors about a certain babymaker, who happens to be Ditas, the couple sees an oppotunity to finally fill the void in their lives.

Problems arise when Rodel perceives qualities in Ditas that he deems his wife is lacking. Soon, the casual business deal becomes entangled and a more intimate relationship develop between Rodel and Ditas. But how about Fina? Now, she must do everything to make the family whole again even if means having to beg Rodel for his once undivided love and affection.

Cast and characters

* "Kristine Hermosa" as Ditas - born to a destitute family, she turns to the business of "baby-making" in order to build a more promising future for herself.

* "Diether Ocampo" as Rodel Alcaraz- Fina's loyal husband. Albeit a shrewd businessman, Rodel puts his family first and wishes for nothing else but to have a family of his own. But when a medical condition makes Fina barren, Rodel takes the inniative to contract a baby-maker to carry the child his wife cannot.

* "Rica Peralejo" as Fina Alcaraz - a successful OBGYN, who ironically helps other women conceive, yet is unable to do it for herself. Various medical complications prohibits her from having a baby, crushing her dreams of having her own kids. A loving wife to her husband, Rodel, she wishes nothing for him but his happiness.

* "Carlos Agassi" as Dick - Rodel's business partner and bestfriend. He is happy-go-lucky and still strives to live a carefree bachelor's life even though he has a family already.

* "Enchong Dee "as Job - Fina's younger brother, a one-woman-man who idolizes his sister's husband very much.

* "Desiree del Valle" as Verna - Ditas' friend. Content with being somebody else's mistress, she paves the way for Ditas and Rodel to meet.

* "Eugene Domingo" as Mitos - Fina's friend whom she envies for having the "perfect" family. Bubbly and cheerful, she serves as the series' comic relief.

* "DJ Durano" as Paolo - the wayward man who gets Ditas pregnant and eventually forces her to sell their baby.

* "Susan Africa "as Tesang - Ditas' mother.

* "Helga Krapf" as Marichu - Ditas' sister, who incidentally is also Job's girlfriend.

* "Yuuya Kadooka" as Reggie Alcaraz - Ditas and Rodel's son.

Theme song

*In the original movie, "Hiram" (Borrow), was the movie's theme song, which was also used for the TV Series; although, this was the second program that ABS-CBN used the song in, the first being the 2004 TV Series (aptly titled), Hiram.

May isang umagang `di mo hahagkan Ang mata kong `di ka magigisnan Turuan mong ako'y h'wag masaktan Kahit ako para sa `yo Ay `sang hiram At hindi dapat magdamdam
Di mo lang alam na kahit pa mali Naging langit ang bawa't sandali Magmula nang halik mo'y dumampi Pag-ibig mo pag-ibig ko kapwa hiram Wala ka bang pakiramdam
Di ba ako'y tao lang na Nadadarang at natutukso rin Maiaalis mo ba sa `kin Na matutuhan kang mahalin Sa bawa't sandaling hiram natin
Di ba ako'y tao lang na Nadadarang at natutukso rin Maiaalis mo ba sa `kin Na matutuhan kang mahalin Sa bawa't sandaling Hiram natin
May isang umagang `di mo hahagkan Ang mata kong `di ka magigisnan Turuan mong ako'y h'wag masaktan Kahit ako para sa `yo Ay `sang hiram At hindi dapat magdamdam
O hiram na kung hiram bawa't saglit Wala ako isa mang hinanakit Basta't kapiling ka'y langit Walang sa `yo ay papalit Hinding-hindi ako sa `yo magdaramdam Kahit hiram Hiram